For like minded, local developers who wish to push their skills to the next level. All levels welcome from beginners to experts. Typical technologies include: Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS etc), Shell/Bash, Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPUnit, Zend Framework, CakePHP, Doctrine, caching, memcache, html, xhtml, css, javascript (js), jQuery (ajax, animation), xml, W3C, SVN, Git, Hudson CI, Bamboo, Ant, Selenium, Design patterns, Best practices, TDD, Open meetings, nagios... Most groups are in London, so …

The omnipotent big data group that is all things to do with dealing with, managing, handling and delivering big data, in the mild mild South West. Topics include MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Node.js, scaling, engineering data, open-source, linkeddata, and beer. Discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/south-west-big-data.

This group is a place for developers in the Thames Valley to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB. So if you are facing challenges with MySQL or Postgres or Oracle and want to explore a more flexible, scalable alternative, please join us at one of our monthly sessions.